“The food was really nice, it was the best place to eat in Trentham and the staff were very polite and hard working. I can’t understand why they’d go, it was always full. We’re pretty much regulars at David’s Brasserie, and I’m really sad to see that it’s shut.

“We’re going to have to find somewhere else to eat now and we don’t like change.”

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And Chris Brereton, aged 48, from Chell Heath, said: “It was always nice and there’s not many places like it in Stoke-on-Trent. I’m shocked that it’s closed, I thought that it was reopening so it’s sad.”